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VANKLEEK HILL RULES ULTIMATE FRISBEE
VANKLEEK HILL COUGARS SOLD
Vankleek Hill Collegiate Institute’s junior and senior teams beat Le Sommet, May 17, to win the Prescott-Russell regional league titles. Gathered for a team photo are the VCI junior Ultimate squad members: Valerie Allard (front left), Kaitlin Rainey, Ashlie Leclerc, Emma Lightle-Blais, Spencer MacKinnon (back left), Jack Freedman, Justin Morris, Nate Gerow, Dylan Lauzon, Jorge Vazquez, Luke Goosan, Anoushan Mugunthan, Owen Cumming, and Coach Daniel Tremblay. —supplied photo
Les Cougars de Vankleek Hill ont de nouveaux propriétaires. L’entraîneur- chef Franky Dopelhamer (à gauche), l’entraîneur adjoint Greg McEachern et le directeur général Marc Berniqué prennent officiellement possession de l›équipe championne de hockey junior à compter de juin. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
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The Vankleek Hill Cougars junior hockey team has a proud trio of new owners. “We love the game,” said Greg McEachern, Cougars assistant coach and now one-third of new ownership team. McEachern, along with head coach Franky Dopelhamer and general manager Marc Berniqué, took over June 1 as the official owners of the Vankleek Hill Cougars. The three began negotiations with the club executive for purchase of the team several weeks ago after the end of the 2018-2019 NCJHL season. «We got together and started talking,» said Berniqué. What prompted them was mutual concern about the struggle the club went through each season to find new volunteers to sit on the board and occupy team management posts. VKH Cougars President Mario Mes- sier expressed satisfaction with the new ownership deal. He noted that one of the conditions in the agreement was a guarantee that the Cougars would continue as part of the Vankleek Hill hockey scene for at least a five-year period. «That was part of the deal,» Messier said. «One of the conditions our executive was not going to let go on.» There was no hesitation from the trio about that condition. «We wanted to make sure to keep the team in Vankleek Hill,» added Berniqué said. «And we also had a good experience last year with the team,» stated Dopelhamer. One other condition is that proceeds from sale of the team go into a special trust fund. What money remains in the club treasury also go in the fund. The trust fund will sup- port an annual scholarship program for three area high schools: Vankleek Hill Collegiate Institute, Le Sommet, and Ecole secondaire catholique régionale de Hawkesbury. Berniqué, Dopelhamer, and McEachern will also continue in the team management positions they held. «The club will now have continuity,» Mes- sier said. «You can be sure there will always be someone managing the team year in and year out.»
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